Category: Metro

Lagos CP To POWA: Be Of Good Conducts, Support, Pray For Your Husbands
December 22, 2024 No Responses

Lagos CP To POWA: Be Of Good Conducts, Support, Pray For Your Husbands

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola on Saturday urged police officers’ wives in the state to be of good conduct anywhere they find themselves.Ishola, while gracing the end of the year party for police officers’ wives in...
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Tinubu Mourns Stampede Victims In Abuja, Anambra
December 22, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns Stampede Victims In Abuja, Anambra

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday cancelled all his official events in Lagos, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed lives and left many others...
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Xmas: Travellers Seek Fare Discount For Road Trips
December 21, 2024 No Responses

Xmas: Travellers Seek Fare Discount For Road Trips

Intending passengers to various destinations for the Christmas and new year day celebrations have cried out to the Federal Government to extend the free rail services announced early in the week, to road transport routes across the country.Alternatively, the t...
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Ibadan: 35 Minors Confirmed Dead
December 20, 2024 No Responses

Ibadan: 35 Minors Confirmed Dead

Not less than 35 minors have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a funfair held at Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan. The incident which happened on Wednesday drew condemnation from many, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,...
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EFCC Arraigns Two Zenith Bank Staff
December 20, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Two Zenith Bank Staff

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, December 12, 2024 arraigned the duo of Ekpe Anayaoha Okoronkwo and Umeonuoha Onyinye, staff of one of the new generation banks, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar...
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Ahead Festive Season, NIWA Issues Safety, Security Alert
December 18, 2024 No Responses

Ahead Festive Season, NIWA Issues Safety, Security Alert

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has issued a safety and security alert, urging Nigerians to prioritize safety while using the country’s inland waterways during the festive season. In a statement issued by NIWA on Wednesday, management, Authori...
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EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche
December 16, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 16, 2024, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felon...
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Boat Mishap Claims 20 Lives In River Benue
December 16, 2024 No Responses

Boat Mishap Claims 20 Lives In River Benue

Twenty persons, who are mostly women and children, have been feared dead following a boat mishap on the River Benue on Saturday around Ocholonya in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The victims were reportedly returning to Doma in...
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Dufil Disburses Bursary To students From Seven Communities
December 15, 2024 No Responses

Dufil Disburses Bursary To students From Seven Communities

Agro -Allied Resources and Processing (ARPN), a subsidiary of Dufil foods has registered its name in Edo State as a company interested in the development of communities around her plantation.City Business News reports that the Company, recently, disbursed burs...
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XMAS: UBA Lights Up Lagos Marina Garden
December 3, 2024 No Responses

XMAS: UBA Lights Up Lagos Marina Garden

United Bank for Africa (UBA) through its Corporate Social Responsibility Arm, the UBA Foundation, has held its annual Garden Light-Up ceremony to kick-start the festive season.The ceremony, held at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) head office in Lagos, brought...
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EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery
December 2, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments.This is the single largest asset recovery by...
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IGP Orders Probe Into Kogi Boat Mishap
December 1, 2024 No Responses

IGP Orders Probe Into Kogi Boat Mishap

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an investigation into the boat mishap in Kogi State.  Scores of persons were feared dead in the accident that happened on Friday. In response, the IGP “directed the Force Marine...
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Lagos Seals Mega Plaza
December 1, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Seals Mega Plaza

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) has clamped down on the Mega Plaza on Breadfruit Street, Lagos Island for discharging untreated wastewater into the public drains, through the use of a pumping machine.  According to LSWMO, the pum...
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Navy Bursts Petrol-Smuggling Syndicate
November 24, 2024 No Responses

Navy Bursts Petrol-Smuggling Syndicate

The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, has smashed a syndicate specialising in smuggling petroleum products and other contraband goods to Cameroon and other countries within the Gulf of Guinea region...
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